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BIDBT ATTAOHMENTFOR WATER OLOSETS. No. 312373. v Patented Feb. 17,1885.

JORDAN L. MOTT, JR,

ATET FHCEO' OF NEW' YORK, N. Y.

BIDET ATTACHMENT FOR WATER-CLOSETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part 01" Letters Patent No. 312,373, dated February 17, 1885.

Application filed May 19, 1834 \Vater-closetshaveheretofore been provided 7 with a curved pipe that when not in use 00- cupies a nearly horizontal position, and can be swung down and the water turned on so as to direct a jet of water against the person while seated upon the closet. These bidet attachments are liable to leak, and usually require a special character of bowl or closetto which to be applied.

My bidet attachment is made so as to be applied to almost any of the closets in general use, and the same cannot be swung up to its normal position out of use until the water is shut ofl' and the stem of the cock is used for swinging the jet-pipe up or down, and also for turning on the water to any desired extent.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the bidet attachment with part of the slotted cup-plate removed. Fig. 2 is a section longitudinally through the plug. Fig. 3 is a crosssection in larger size at the line 00 00, Fig. 2; and Fig. at is an elevation, partly in section, at the line y y, Fig. 1. v

The frame A is usually of cast-iron, adapted to being placed beneath the wood-work B of the closet at one side of the seat. This frame has inverted legs and a flange to rest against the under side of the wood-work, andthe screws 0 c are employed to secure the same in place. Usually these screws will pass through the rim of the slotted lever-cup D, that is let into the surface of the wood-work, through such wood-work, and into the flanges,as shown.

The two inverted legs 6 6 form guides that receive between them the square or head portion 0 of the barrel f, and g is a cylinder screwed upon the end of this barrel f, and having upon its exterior surface a lock or clamping-nut, h, which is screwed up against the legs 6 e, to clamp the head portion firmly 1 against the grooved portions ofsuch legs,which The water-pipe and coupling- (No TllOllll.)

It, that is drawn into its place by the nut z, with a washer applied at the smaller end of such plug, and this plug is hollow, and there are two cross-holes, 0 0, the plug being solid between them, and in the barrel there are two longitudinal recesses at 2 2 for short distances, that correspond with the ends of the crossholes when the bidet-pipe is turned into position for use, Figs. 2 and 3; hence the water will pass along through this plug when in this position, but it will be shut off when the plug 70 is turned into any other position. The end of the barrel f is partially removed, and a pin, 17, inserted into the plug 7;, so as to form a stop that limits the movement in turning the plug to swing the bidet-pipe into posi-.

tion for use, and in turning it back to the place occupied when not in use. The plug it is extended along and formed as a second barrel, r, in which is the plug 8,- with a hole through it, so as to form a cock, and from this plug 8 the crank-lever handle 8 extends up throughthe slot in the cup D, and at the end of the plug it, beyond the barrel 1", is the bidetpipe t, which extends out axially with the plug 70 a sufficient distance to pass over the top of the ordinary water-closet basin. It is then bent off as an arc of a circle, and terminatcs as a jet or sprinkler, o. The shape and curvature of the bidet-pipe is such that when it is turned down in place for use the jet 1; will be nearly central within the water-closet, and about six inches below the seat, so that the water issuing therefrom will be directed against the person for washing the same, and when turned up out of the way the bidetpipe will lie under the flange of the closet-bowl, or adjacent thereto, so as not to interfere with the ordinary use of the closet.

It will now be understood that when the bi det attachment is not in'use thehandle s is nearly horizontal, as shown by full lines in Figs. 1 and 4,with the knob or end within the cup D, and the cock 8 is closed, and the water is also shut oit at the plugk. hen the leverhandle 8 is raised to the position shown by dotted lines at a, Fig. 4, the plug it is turned, the bidet-pipe is swung down into position for use, and the water-ways of the plug is brought into line with the recesses at 2 2 in the barrel f, so that the water is turned on at the plug is, but it cannot run through the bidet-pipe, because IOO the cock 8 is still closed. Upon turning the levercrank handle 8' to the position shown by full lines in Fig. 2, and dotted lines at a Fig. 4, the water is free to pass through the cock 8, and the cock 8 can be opened or closed and the flow of water regulated at will; but the bidetpipe cannot be swung aside out of the way until the cock s has first been closed, because the crank of the lever-handle s has to be brought into line with the slot in the cup-plate D before said crank-lever handle can be turned down into such cup. By this construction the water cannot be turned on or accidentally remain running unless the bidet-pipe is in proper position within the closet. There is very little risk of leakage, because the plugs are the same as those of ordinary cocks; but to prevent injury by leakage at the cocks it is preferable to make the lower part of the frame A dishing to the pipe to, which is connected to the closet or waste pipe, so that leakage may be conveyed away.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, with the water-supply pipe and bidet-pipe, of a swivel-coupling and turning-cock, and a crank-lever handle to the plug of the cock,whereby the cock and bidetpipe can be turned into place for use without turning on the water, and the cock can be opened or closed independently of the move ment of the bidet-pipe, and by one handle, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the water-pipe,

- swivelcoupling, turning-cock, and the bidetpipe, of a crank-lever handle to the plug of 5 the bidet-pipe, of two supply-cocks, one of 40 which forms the swivel upon which the bidetpipe is swung, the other being aturning-cock, and a lever-handle connected to the plug of v the other cock, by means of which handle the bidet-pipe is moved and the water turned on and 0E by independent movements of the lever-handle, substantially as set forth.

4. The frame A, slotted cup D, and screws connecting the same, in combination with the plug 70, having an operating stem or handle, barrel f, and head, the barrel 9, and clamping-nut, the water-supply pipe, and the bidetpipe extending in line with the plug is and then bent into the are of a circle, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination,with the bidet-pipe, of the tubular plug it, having an operating stem or handle having two cross-holes, the barrel 9, having recesses, and the stoppin and stops on the plug and barrel, respectively, substantially as specified.

Signed by me this 10th day of May,A. D. 1884.

J ORDAN L. MOTT, JR.

Witnesses:

LEFFUT LEFFUTS, GEORGE EDWARD COCKRELL. 

